On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:05:46PM +1000, getadog wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 01:32:11PM +1000, Mike Lake wrote:
> > When using mutt I have set the editor to vim but the keymappings are wrong.
> > The up arrow key when pressed opens the line above and inserts an 'A' though
> > sometimes a D or C on that new blank line. if I hit escape before the arrow
> > key then its fine the cursor moves up ie the problem occurs during insert
> > mode. The problem does not occur when using vim outside of mutt.
> > Similarly the down arrow key will give me a 'B' on a new line opened up
> > below the current line.
>
> I have seen this problem, but for me it was occurring while
> running vim after sshing in (no mutt), so this may not help.
> apt-get install vim-rt
> I think installing vim-rt fixed the problem for me because vim-rt installs
> amongst other things /ec/vimrc which has the line "set nocompatible".
Thanks ! That solved the problem. Yes /etc/vimrc is supplied by vim-rc
according to dpkg -L vim-rt
Mike
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